Excerpts from Filmfare’s last interview with late Kader Khan

“I ran away from the industry in the past seven to eight years. I’ve been studying the Holy Quran. Six months back, I was in Dubai and took classes in Arabic and Islamic studies. I was sponsored by the Khoja community. His Highness Aga Khan was interested in Islam and asked me to teach it.

India: Bollywood Film industry’s veteran actor/writer Kader Khan’s demise has left the industry in a state of shock. The reputed actor passed away on January 1, 2019 in Canada. He had complained of breathlessness and was kept on ventilator for a few days before he passed away. A lot of stars have spoken about their experiences with the late actor. From Shatrughan Sinha, Amitabh Bachchan to Rishi Kapoor, his peers have expressed their admiration for his acting prowess and witty personality. And now, we bring you excerpts from Filmfare’s last interview with the multi-faceted personality where he spoke about the glamour and grime that comprised his phenomenal narrative.

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These restored gardens are the first chahar-bagh, or four-part paradise garden to surround a Mughal tomb on the sub-continent. Built nearly a century before the Taj Mahal, the Tomb and its gardens were an expression of the love and respect borne towards the Emperor Humayun by his son, Akbar and widow, Haji Begum. The chahar-bagh was more than a pleasure garden. In the discipline and order of its landscaped geometry, its octagonal or rectangular pools, its selection of favourite plants and trees, it was an attempt to create transcendent perfection – a glimpse of paradise on earth.

The hues and scents of these gardens, the varied sources of the design elements and of the chosen construction materials, make this monument an important reminder of the power and elegance of diversity, while the sentiments that moved its patrons, united them in a shared virtue.

— Excerpt: His Highness the Aga Khan at the ceremony to inaugurate the restored Humayun’s Tomb gardens. New Delhi, India. 15 April 2003 https://the.ismaili/speeches